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Annual Guide to
Sioux Falls area legislators Advocacy is a valuable component of your Chamber membership. Decisions made by elected officials frequently and directly affect the way business is conducted. The Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce seeks to be the voice of business during each South Dakota legislative session. The Chamber’s annual guide to area legislators is one element that helps fulfill our objective to provide Chamber members with essential information pertaining to the legislative session. This guide features legislators representing Sioux Falls area districts, which include Districts 2, 6, 9-16 and 25. To help you stay informed about issues and activity, the Chamber hosts events and provides regular updates during the legislative session. Events include Good Morning Sioux Falls legislative preview and Sioux Falls Day at the Legislature. The weekly Bill Tracker provides a status report on all bills the Chamber is lobbying on and the Chamber Advocate email summarizes activity from the halls of the Capitol building each week. More information on all of these avenues is available at siouxfalls.com.
2023 Sioux Falls Following each legislative session, the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce issues a Legislative Scorecard Champion reporting how local legislators voted on issues of importance to the business community. Legislators who
2023 Sioux Falls cast votes matching the Chamber’s position 100% of the time are recognized as Sioux Falls Champions. Those Supporter voting with the Chamber more than 80% of the time are recognized as Sioux Falls Supporters. You can view the full scorecard from the previous legislative session at siouxfallschamber.com.
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